Bhagavad Gita 3:
A Truth is Stronger Than A Lie
February 19-22: Virtual + In-Person
Join YSI & Geshe Michael Roach for a 4 day immersion into the Bhagavad Gita.
This is the final course in the Bhagavad Gita trilogy. The first two are available as self-paced courses. It is not a requirement to complete these courses in order to join Bhagavad Gita 3!
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20+ HOURS
OF LIVE TEACHINGS
COME FOR THE TEACHING;
STAY FOR THE COMMUNITY
EMBODY A
YOGIC LIFESTYLE
Live Schedule
All Times in New York Time
Days 1 + 2
[February 19 + 20]
Sanskrit : 7:00 am
In-Depth Study : 8:00 am
Asana + Meditation : 10:00 am
Master Class : 6:00 pm + 7:45 pm
Day 3
[February 21]
Sanskrit : 7:00 am
Meditation : 8:00 am
Xuanzang’s Tower : 10:00 am
Asana + Meditation : 12:00 pm
In-depth Study : 6:00 pm
Extended Q&A : 7:45 pm
Day 4
[February 22]
Sanskrit : 7:00 am
In-Depth Study : 8:00 am
Asana + Meditation : 10:00 am
Master Class : 6:00 pm + 7:45 pm
Master Classes with
Geshe Michael Roach
In-Depth Classes
with Earle Birney
Sanskrit Classes with Michael Johnson
Asana + Meditation
with YSI Instructors
Manual with Verse Translations + Course Work
Access to Webinar Replays
Study the Bhagavad Gita with YSI to learn a unique perspective to the most famous text on yoga.
R O A D M A P :
#1: Song of Victory
Available Now as Self Paced: Register Here
#2: Heart of a Yogi
Available Now as Self Paced: Register Here
#3: A Truth Is Stronger Than A Lie
February 19-22 2026:
About the text
The Bhagavad Gita, a part of the larger Mahabharata, is a profound spiritual text that explores the eternal battle between good and evil, symbolized by the conflict at Kurukshetra. As the Pandava warrior Arjuna faces a moral crisis, he turns to Lord Krishna, his charioteer and divine guide, for wisdom. Through their dialogue, Krishna teaches timeless lessons on the nature of the self, duty, and the importance of surrendering to higher spiritual wisdom.
This sacred text offers a powerful philosophical framework for overcoming internal conflict, transcending dualities, and discovering one's true purpose. The Gita challenges readers to confront the illusions of the material world, encouraging deep spiritual growth and insight. With its teachings on action, mindfulness, and self-realization, the Bhagavad Gita remains a foundational work for anyone seeking wisdom, peace, and a deeper understanding of the universe.
About the Title
"Bhagavad" reflects the kind of person who possesses victory, the one gone beyond negative states of mind.
"Gita" means song, signifying a sacred, spiritually enriching message.
Together, Bhagavad Gita is the Song of Victory, communicating eternal truths through a divine dialogue.
Register NowThis course bridges profound wisdom to the reality of modern life. It offers a step-by-step unfolding of what it means to be free from within: free from attachment, confusion, and fear. It's not about leaving the world behind, but seeing it clearly and serving from the heart.
Why take this course?
Because the path of a yogi is more relevant than ever. In a world full of distraction, pressure, and uncertainty, ancient teachings can illuminate how to live with greater purpose.
What will you explore?
This course explores Bhagavad Gita through 4-day immersion into teachings, practice and reflection. You'll discover how the yogi lives in balance, sees the Self in all beings, and turns everyday life into a path of spiritual transformation. These teachings are not abstract philosophy, but a practical way to navigate life.
How will you learn?
Lectures with renowned teachers, guided readings, coursework, and real-life application. You’ll learn to see the world—and yourself—with more stability and compassion. In each class, you'll sharpen your inner clarity and cultivate the Heart of a Yogi.
What if you lived this way?
Imagine your life grounded in steady awareness, guided by service rather than ego, and filled with a quiet confidence that comes from knowing who you truly are. The yogi’s path is not an ideal—it’s a living possibility.
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Course Topics & Benefits:
Yoga Supercharges the Four Step Plan.
Students may be familiar with Geshe Michael’s commonly taught four step plan. But becoming whole can’t be done through a surface level understanding of emptiness and karma. We need to feel it, embody it and really consider if we can integrate wisdom and compassion into every moment of our life. Yoga is the holistic path that utilizes every part of our being as a daily practice of inner and outer methods to bring the results of our seed-actions faster.
Arjuna’s Gets His Final Solution.
Bhagavad Gita III covers the final chapters, resolving Arjuna’s dilemma on the battlefield, with Krishna teaching us how to resolve diamond deals and the impossible situations in our life. Unlike the other more esoteric Classic of Yoga texts, the Gita gives us a storytelling approach to understanding yoga. Through Arjuna and the story of his trials with his family, we learn practical solutions to a wide range of problems, applicable for the mundane to the extreme.
Heart Teacher & Devotion
This course gives us the ways to create the heart teacher relationship as a living source of guidance and courage, where devotion becomes something practical—shown through your daily actions, your ethics, and your commitment to serve. When your heart is connected, your practice deepens—and your life changes more naturally.
Certificate of Completion
45 CEUs upon completion
4 days of live teachings
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YSI provides opportunities for sponsors to attend these teachings live in-studio with Geshe Michael; they can attend yoga and meditation classes in person, and participate in special Q and A sessions with Geshe Michael, as well as senior teachers.
There are sponsorship opportunities for people unable to attend the teachings live by making tax-deductible donations to our 501(C)3.
Being a sponsor empowers YSI to share teachings with people from around the world!
Learn from Master Teacher Michael Roach
Michael Roach is the first American to complete the “Geshe” degree after 25 years of study in India. At the same time, he helped found Andin International Diamond Corporation in New York City; he used yogic principles to grow it from a small investment to garnering $250 million USD in annual sales. Then, super-investor Warren Buffet purchased Andin in 2009. Geshe Michael used almost all of the profits from the sale to create and support several charitable organizations, one of which was an input project that has now digitized over two million pages of Asia's classic philosophical texts.
Get the essence of the essence of the most essential text in yoga philosophy.
Considered as one the world's foremost English translators for Eastern philosophical texts, Geshe Michael has translated tens of thousands of pages of ancient manuscripts from Sanskrit and Tibetan into English.
He has founded over 40 organizations which bring the wisdom of yoga to the world, one of which is an input project that has now digitized over two million pages of Asia's classic philosophical texts and has become the worlds largest free digital library of Eastern cultural texts.
This is how YSI does yoga differently.
In-depth Study with Earle Birney
Earle has studied with the Yoga Studies Institute (YSI) since 2006 where he completed the five year curriculum covering the essential texts of yoga philosophy including the Yoga Sutra and the Bhagavad Gita as well as the Lady Niguma and Heart Yoga systems. He has studied with many great teachers in the Ashtanga, Bikram, Anusara, and Sivananda systems as well and is a 500 hr E-RYT.
He has produced and taught at international retreats as well as completed a three year three month and three day silent meditation retreat.
At present Earle is living in New York where he teaches for the Three Jewels Outreach Center, develops curriculum for YSI, leads international youth retreats, and leads meditation and yoga teacher trainings.
Sanskrit with Michael Johnson
Michael has been a full-time yoga instructor for over twenty years, a teacher trainer since 2003 and an advanced teacher trainer since 2007. After travelling to India to study in Mysore and sitting for three 10-day Vipassanā retreats, Michael studied Himalayan philosophy and took the Jīvamukti Yoga Teacher Training in 2007, where he met Stephanie Howarth. After marrying her, we moved to Asheville, NC in 2010.
SInce then he has been a teacher trainer at the Asheville Yoga Center offering courses on the Yogasūtra, Haṭhyogapradīpikā, Bhagavadgītā, Sanskrit, Mantra, Bhakti Vinyāsa and the intersection of Meditation and Neuroscience.
During the pandemic he began studying with Dr. Shyam Ranganathan and learned how to better navigate issues of trauma, recovery, cultural appropriation, decolonizing and teaching Yoga as a stand alone philosophy.
Asana & Meditation with YSI Instructors
We do yoga differently. If you've taken our other courses and classes, then you already know that! When practice is based in original yogic wisdom, it just feels different.
We source our material from over two million pages of classic Asian texts, which our partners at the Asian Legacy Library have preserved and digitized. Together, our teams have taken painstaking measures to translate, understand, and apply the original yogic texts, all so that we could share them with you in a clear and accessible way.
Having a lineage of authentic wisdom is important.
We believe this information must be integrated through years of practice and meditative contemplation. Many of our instructors have completed over 1,000 days of silent meditation retreat, practicing yoga and synthesizing this knowledge into experiential wisdom.
